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Phones Nexus 4 owners/discussion thread.

bmac4 said:
What I think is so funny about the HTC One is all these iPhone user that bashed android for so long. Are just falling in love with the One. They are saying it is the best phone they have ever used. I guess if they are going to get android phone it better look like an iPhone, and it has to be just as simple. Now they have turned their bashing for android into trashing Samsung. I just don't understand android has had some great phones, and for that matter HTC has made plenty of aluminum phones before.

You don't get a true android experience until you have used a nexus phone. Sure all these skins can add some features, but they also take away some of the things that make android great.
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I don't think anyone can deny the One is highest quality of android phone to date. With that said, the s4 feels great in hand and anything but cheap. People just hear plastic and assume trash.
 
mattopotamus said:
I don't think anyone can deny the One is highest quality of android phone to date. With that said, the s4 feels great in hand and anything but cheap. People just hear plastic and assume trash.
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Is it the best constructed android phone to date? What about the nexus one? HTC inspire (while using a crappy sense and specs were not great) the aluminum was a great built phone.
 
bmac4 said:
Is it the best constructed android phone to date? What about the nexus one? HTC inspire (while using a crappy sense and specs were not great) the aluminum was a great built phone.
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True the nexus one was great. I don't remember how the sound was on it? As an overall whole, the HTC One hits on all levels from a hardware standpoint.
 
mattopotamus said:
True the nexus one was great. I don't remember how the sound was on it? As an overall whole, the HTC One hits on all levels from a hardware standpoint.
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I don't know I can't call it great because the software does not match the hardware. Stock android still offers more. Plus HTC customer service is not that good
 
bmac4 said:
I don't know I can't call it great because the software does not match the hardware. Stock android still offers more. Plus HTC customer service is not that good
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rawr, I am just talking about the hardware of the phone :p
 
bmac4 said:
What I think is so funny about the HTC One is all these iPhone user that bashed android for so long. Are just falling in love with the One. They are saying it is the best phone they have ever used. I guess if they are going to get android phone it better look like an iPhone, and it has to be just as simple. Now they have turned their bashing for android into trashing Samsung. I just don't understand android has had some great phones, and for that matter HTC has made plenty of aluminum phones before.

You don't get a true android experience until you have used a nexus phone. Sure all these skins can add some features, but they also take away some of the things that make android great.
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Seems like Android has something for everyone now--and few compromises.

For those who want the baggage-less pure Android there is the Nexus 4. For those who want a sleek well-designed and built device we have the HTC One. Want a nice big screen, with all the bells and whistles, you have the S4. Want the biggest screen possible in a phone, there is the Note 2 or Optimus G Pro.

Heck I could see owning all of those and use each depending on what I need or feel like on a given day.



Michael
 
mattopotamus said:
rawr, I am just talking about the hardware of the phone :p
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OK so the hardware is good to a point. If you looking pretty much the same as the iPhone good hardware then yes. Camera not that good. But yes has aluminum and it looks pretty sexy. Still think the N4 looks better. Maybe not as good build, but it looks better.
 
bmac4 said:
OK so the hardware is good to a point. If you looking pretty much the same as the iPhone good hardware then yes. Camera not that good. But yes has aluminum and it looks pretty sexy. Still think the N4 looks better. Maybe not as good build, but it looks better.
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I love the front of the n4....it looks very sleek. The back, even though it is the nexus design, is too glossy and glittery for me personally.
 
Tinmania said:
Seems like Android has something for everyone now--and few compromises.

For those who want the baggage-less pure Android there is the Nexus 4. For those who want a sleek well-designed and built device we have the HTC One. Want a nice big screen, with all the bells and whistles, you have the S4. Want the biggest screen possible in a phone, there is the Note 2 or Optimus G Pro.

Heck I could see owning all of those and use each depending on what I need or feel like on a given day.



Michael
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That would be a lot of snakes in the house :p (cables) 2 phones is the top i will go.
 
My Nexus 4 giving me decent battery life. I am running the official CM10.1 Nighlty + Matr1x kernel v8.5, no special settings, just flashed the kernel let it do it's thing. 14 hours with 12% left, majority on 3G, only like 3 hours of it on WiFi. I made a ton of phone calls that day, a million texts, used GPS/Nav, surfed the web, sent and received quite a few e-mails.



 
I might sell my iPad Mini. I really just hardly touch it. The Nexus 4 is so balanced. I get decent battery life (I'm on PA with a decent kernel) and the screen size is big enough to enjoy games. Games on iOS are better, no doubt, but my phone cost me as much as my iPad Mini did and doubles as a phone. I'm wondering if a Nexus 7 would be a good compliment to the arsenal. I'm thinking of building a cheap gaming tower and setting up Splashtop 2 HD.
 
mrskullfreak said:
I have a ip4 att and I just bought a nexus 4 can I just put the sim from the ip in the n4 and am good to go?
Any info would be great.
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Yes, but go to settings - more - Mobile networks and create a new one and enter these settings. Ignore the part where it tells you to call att. Just enter the settings where it says apn in these directions
http://tysmith.me/post/36377623241/nexus4speeds
 
mattopotamus said:
Yes, but go to settings - more - Mobile networks and create a new one and enter these settings. Ignore the part where it tells you to call att. Just enter the settings where it says apn in these directions
http://tysmith.me/post/36377623241/nexus4speeds
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Use "pta" if you're on a LTE data plan, otherwise for APN you need to use "phone". For APN type all thats needed is "default,supl,mms,hipri".

APN Protocol and Roaming Protocol should both be set to just "IPv4". Using the IPv4/IPv6 combo will cause mobile data issues when dropping off WiFi.

If you're using a SIM from a iPhone 4, best idea is to just go to a corporate AT&T store and get a new SIM card. It's free and just tell them you're having random data issues and customer service told you to get a new SIM card in store.
 
mattopotamus said:
Yes, but go to settings - more - Mobile networks and create a new one and enter these settings. Ignore the part where it tells you to call att. Just enter the settings where it says apn in these directions
http://tysmith.me/post/36377623241/nexus4speeds
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And don't forget to select the new APN that you create by tapping the little circle thing. After that, make sure you reboot the phone.
 
Any of you all recently get one? Or are you waiting for what happens at I/O?

Have a 4s right now. Problem is that att won't unlock my phone until december(2 years from purchase date).
 
ajumbaje said:
Any of you all recently get one? Or are you waiting for what happens at I/O?

Have a 4s right now. Problem is that att won't unlock my phone until december(2 years from purchase date).
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You don't need to wait for AT&T to unlock. Go to swiftunlocks.com and pay either 1.99 for one day or instant unlocking for $5.

They unlocked my two week old AT&T 4S back in January and then I left AT&T for T-Mobile.
 
hexonxonx said:
You don't need to wait for AT&T to unlock. Go to swiftunlocks.com and pay either 1.99 for one day or instant unlocking for $5.

They unlocked my two week old AT&T 4S back in January and then I left AT&T for T-Mobile.
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You pay an etf? I won't be leaving att, but would be getting a different SIM card since I would apparently need one
 
Hoping we see some new features or announcements tomorrow. Lots of stuff has already leaked but it'll be interesting to see what's coming.

Looks like Google are likely to push more and more into the cloud.
 
fr4c said:
Use "pta" if you're on a LTE data plan, otherwise for APN you need to use "phone". For APN type all thats needed is "default,supl,mms,hipri".

APN Protocol and Roaming Protocol should both be set to just "IPv4". Using the IPv4/IPv6 combo will cause mobile data issues when dropping off WiFi.

If you're using a SIM from a iPhone 4, best idea is to just go to a corporate AT&T store and get a new SIM card. It's free and just tell them you're having random data issues and customer service told you to get a new SIM card in store.
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Now that I look at it, I have to use "phone." I am on an LTE plan, but pta still does not connect to data.
 
mattopotamus said:
Now that I look at it, I have to use "phone." I am on an LTE plan, but pta still does not connect to data.
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For LTE plans, it should be set to "pta". The "phone" APN is pretty much for everyone else (3G/4G non-LTE plans).

But if "phone" works for you, then just stick with it.
 
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